Friday, July 14, 2006

I'm TDY...again...

Learning how the air campaign is born. Lots of stuff I never knew but very imformative. Not sure I'll ever actually be put into a situation where I'd have to put into practice the skills I'm acquiring these two weeks, but sometimes just knowing a thing makes you that much smarter. The phrase "big picture" is a recurring theme in this class and "getting down in the weeds" is nearly verboten. So...I'm learning how to supress my natural tendencies to go straight for the tactical level stuff, where I'm very comfortable, and focus on the task of keeping the objective in mind...

Kinda translates well into everyday life...if you want it to.

Air campaigns are planned with each and every task performed tied to a higher level objective, all the way up to the National Security Strategy, outlined by W himself!

I'm thinking there are a lot of "tasks" performed in my day to day life that don't necessarily "tie" to higher objectives in my life. Hmmmm...time for some introspection?

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Son/Grandson of career USAF members, I naturally and enthusiastically joined in 1988. It's been my life ever since. I'm lucky enough to be married to an incredible woman and have 3 of the best kids to ever walk the earth and a beautiful grand-daughter (I may be a little biased).
My younger brother is also a career, prior enlisted, military officer, although something went horribly wrong and he somehow ended up in the US Navy. I can't be too derogatory in my remarks...he does outrank me! We love him anyway!